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World Heritage 34 COM Distribution Limited WHC-10/34.COM/7B Paris, 1 June 2010 Original: English / French UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION CONVENTION CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF THE WORLD CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE World Heritage Committee Thirty-fourth session Brasilia, Brazil 25 July - 3 August 2010 Item 7B of the Provisional Agenda: State of conservation of World Heritage properties inscribed on the World Heritage List SUMMARY This document contains information on the state of conservation of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List. The World Heritage Committee is requested to review the reports on the state of conservation of properties contained in this document. In certain cases, the World Heritage Committee may wish to decide to discuss in detail the state of conservation reports which are submitted for adoption without discussion. Decision required: The World Heritage Committee may wish to adopt the draft Decision presented at the end of each state of conservation report. The full reports of reactive monitoring missions requested by the World Heritage Committee are available at the following Web address in their original language: http://whc.unesco.org/en/sessions/34COM/ Table of content I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 6 ELABORATION OF THE STATE OF CONSERVATION REPORTS...................................................... 7 NEW, CONTINUING AND EMERGING ISSUES .................................................................................... 8 CLIMATE CHANGE AND WORLD HERITAGE PROPERTIES .............................................................. 9 STRUCTURE OF THE DOCUMENT .................................................................................................... 10 II. REPORTS ON THE STATE OF CONSERVATION OF PROPERTIES INSCRIBED ON THE WORLD HERITAGE LIST ........................................................................................................... 13 NATURAL PROPERTIES ...................................................................................................................... 13 AFRICA .............................................................................................................................................. 13 1. Dja Wildlife Reserve (Cameroon) (N 407) ...................................................................... 13 2. Rainforests of Atsinanana (Madagascar) (N 1257) ........................................................ 18 3. Selous Game Reserve (United Republic of Tanzania) (N 199)...................................... 18 4. Ngorongoro Conservation Area (United Republic of Tanzania) (N 39) .......................... 23 5. Serengeti National Park (United Republic of Tanzania) (N 156) .................................... 28 6. Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls (Zambia / Zimbabwe) (N 509) ........................................ 32 7. Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas (Zimbabwe) (N 302) ........ 36 ARAB STATES ................................................................................................................................... 37 8. Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley) (Egypt) (N 1186) ............................................................. 37 9. Ichkeul National Park (Tunisia) (N 8) .............................................................................. 37 ASIA-PACIFIC .................................................................................................................................... 41 10. Macquarie Island (Australia) (N 629 rev) ........................................................................ 41 11. Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries - Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains (China) (N 1213) .......................................................................................................................... 44 12. Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas (China) (N 1083) .............................. 45 13. Lorentz National Park (Indonesia) (N 955) ..................................................................... 45 14. Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra (Indonesia) (N 1167) ...................................... 49 15. Gunung Mulu National Park (Malaysia) (N 1013) ........................................................... 56 16. Sagarmatha National Park (Nepal) (N 120).................................................................... 58 17. East Rennell (Solomon Islands) (N 854) ........................................................................ 58 18. Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex (Thailand) (N 590) ..................................... 58 EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA .................................................................................................... 62 19. Pirin National Park (Bulgaria) (N 225) ............................................................................ 62 Year of inscription on the World Heritage List ............................................................................. 62 20. Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park (Canada / United States of America) (N 354rev) ............................................................................................................................ 65 21. Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands) (Italy) (N 908) .................................................................... 66 22. Lake Baikal (Russian Federation) (N 754) ..................................................................... 66 23. Volcanoes of Kamchatka (Russian Federation) (N 765bis) ........................................... 66 24. Western Caucasus (Russian Federation) (N 900) ......................................................... 66 State of conservation of World Heritage properties WHC-10/34.COM/7B, p. 2 inscribed on the World Heritage List 25. Virgin Komi Forests (Russian Federation) (N 719) ........................................................ 66 26. Doñana National Park (Spain) (N 685bis) ...................................................................... 66 27. Henderson Island (United Kingdom) (N 487) ................................................................. 71 28. Yellowstone National Park (United States of America) (N 28) ....................................... 74 29. Everglades National Park (United States of America) (N 76) ......................................... 78 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN ......................................................................................... 84 30. Iguazu National Park (Argentina) (N 303) ...................................................................... 84 31. Iguaçu National Park (Brazil) (N355) .............................................................................. 84 32. Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park (Costa Rica / Panama) (N 205 Bis) ...................................................................................................... 84 33. Alejandro de Humboldt National Park (Cuba) (N 839 rev) ............................................. 88 34. Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve (Honduras) (N 196) ..................................................... 90 35. Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (Mexico) (N 1290) .............................................. 90 36. Manu National Park (Peru) (N 402) ................................................................................ 90 37. Pitons Management Area (Saint Lucia) (N 1161) ........................................................... 93 MIXED PROPERTIES ........................................................................................................................... 94 ASIA-PACIFIC .................................................................................................................................... 94 38. Tasmanian Wilderness (Australia) (C/N 181) ................................................................. 94 Year of inscription on the World Heritage List ............................................................................. 94 EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA .................................................................................................... 99 39. Pyrénées – Mont Perdu (France / Spain) (C/N 773 bis) ................................................. 99 40. Mount Athos (Greece) (C/N 454) .................................................................................. 103 41. Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture (C 417rev) .................................................................... 106 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN ....................................................................................... 110 42. Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu (Peru) (C/N 274) ................................................. 110 CULTURAL PROPERTIES ................................................................................................................. 111 AFRICA ............................................................................................................................................ 111 43. Royal Palaces of Abomey (Benin) (C 323bis) .............................................................. 111 44. Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela (Ethiopia) (C 18) ......................................................... 111 45. Aksum (Ethiopia) (C 12) ............................................................................................... 114 Current conservation issues .....................................................................................................